3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\ (-lent), a. [L. repellens, -entis, p.
pr ]
Driving back able or tending to repel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repellent \Re*pel"lent\, n.
1. That which repels.
2. (Med.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids
which render it tumid. --Dunglison.
3. A kind of waterproof cloth. --Knight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
repellent
adj 1: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and
prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
repellent" [syn: {rebarbative}, {repellant}]
2: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: {disgusting}, {disgustful},
{distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly}, {loathsome}, {repellant},
{revolting}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
3: incapable of absorbing or mixing with "a water-repellent
fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
[syn: {resistant}]
n : a chemical substance that repels [syn: {repellant}]
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